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Note from the
coordinator
Welcome to the 15th issue of the Bulletin.
The number of new suscribers and the great number of hits
on the Bulletin’s web-pages are proof of the increasing
interest raised by our publication. Thanks to all contributors
who helped me in keeping the Bulletin alive and informative.
We start the ‘New Information’
section with an article on the Torres Strait beche-de-mer
fishery followed by two articles on the different aspects
of the biology of sea cucumbers sexual reproduction. The
‘Aquaculture News’ column includes three original
articles presenting new projects in Vietnam, Marshall
Islands and New Zealand.
Information on beche-de-mer prices
is difficult to get. INFOFISH Trade News (http://www.jaring.my/infofish/TradeNews_downloadpage.htm)
is one of the best sources of information for seafood
market trends and we are thankful to them for allowing
us to reproduce a table presenting beche-de-mer prices
on the Asian markets. We also thank the National Fisheries
Authority (NFA) of Papua New Guinea for providing information
on their beche-de-mer export prices. Sharing information
is the main aim of this bulletin and we encourage other
fisheries departments from within and outside the Pacific
region to follow NFA’s example.
I draw again your attention to the
‘Echinoderms Newsletter’ that is available on
the Web (www.nmnh.si.edu/iz/echinoderm)
and to the echinoderms forum that was created after the
International Conference in Dunedin. You can subscribe
by contacting sabine.strohr@nrm.se or by sending an e-mail
to listserv@nrm.se
and including on the first line of the message SUBSCRIBE
ECHINODERM-L, your surname and first name, but no other
text.
Chantal Conand
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